social influence - social psychological factors Flashcards
an agentic state is when we act on behalf of somebody?
Milgram suggested that obedience destructive identity when a person becomes an agent. somebody who becomes in place for another person. they take no responsibility for their actions
the opposite to agentic state is autonomous state?
autonomy means to be free and independent. so when somebody is in autonomous state they act willingly and behave according to own morals and feel responsible for actions
agentic shift is when we defer to authority figure?
the shift from autonomy to agent is called the agentic shift. Milgram suggested this occurs when we provide somebody else an authority figure.
binding factors reduce moral stain?
binding factors are aspects of a situation that allow person to ignore or minimize the damaging effect of their behaviour and reduce moral strain. Milgram proposed a number of strategies the individual uses such as shifting the responsibility to the victims or denying damage
explanation 2 legitimate state
we obey people at the top of the social hierarchy?
most societies are structured heretically. People at certain positions hold authority over the rest of us. Parents, teachers and police officers have some kind of authority over us.
legitimate state
authorities have legitimacy through society agreement
the authority they wield is legitimate in the sense it is agreed by society. Most of us accept the authority figures should exercise social power over us because this allows society to function smoothly.
legitimate state
we had control over behaviours due to upbringing
one consequence of legitimate authority is that some people are granted power to punish others. We give up independence to people we trust to exercise authority appropriate. We learned to accept authority during childhood for parents and teachers.
charismatic leaders use authority
history has often shown that leaders like hittler use legitimate authority destructively ordering people to behave in callus ways.
